bernie sanders is giving the american left and the left in general an opportunity that it has not had in many decades.

and, he will be mercilessly ripped apart from every direction. friends will turn on him; he will be betrayed by those he loves.

and, it could get scary to stand with his ideas.

but, remember the following words:

the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

nobody knows how this turns out. but, we can't resort to cowardice - we have to take advantage of this.